Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-23

houses are not 1ntenered with In the least by Hve
navigation.
THE NEW NEW YORK.
The vast tract OF land lying between West End
avenue and Central Park has also been invaded
| by capitalists and row after row of houses ha:
| gone up In the most mysterious manner The las
| time was up there found a city of 100, 900 In
habitants where nothing but fields existed befort
the advent OF the elevated roads. Row after row
| of four-story brownStone houses stretched IL
every direction as far as the eye could reach
Many OF them could have been bought for $4,000
the year after they were put up, but It Will TAKE
at least $4,000 TO convince any OF the owners
that they ought to sell out to-day. Where OF
earth all the money comes from Is a mystery to 8
man who considers 81 600 reasonably large anC
inspiring sum or money. i fell to talking with
commission merchant, whom met accidentally II
the new New York on the west side. / asked him
| IL he wasn't lonely up here
81 should rather say was he said with grin
people, people everywhere and not a drop tC
drink That's the treason came up here; DowI
town It was so easy TO fall by the waySde, anC
fall everlaStingiy through the green baiZe doors
that / found myself slowly but surely winning
first place in competitive examination for 9
drunkard'S grave. The difficulty OF walking W
town without encOuntering gr1ef and disaster was
as great as the 1mpOssibiIty OF staying home
nights; You say you wonder how so many men o.
up here, instead OF flats down town. and that little
fact explains 1t all. Up here We eat, gossip ano
sleep: There Is not the least opportunity in the
world to spend money; we go TO bed early and live
the humdrum lives OF the country villagers. A
man can afford anything on earth when he does
that. OF course it Is stupid. but it is also bene-
ficial- There are two topics OF conversation OF
the west side; one is real estate and the other
your neighbour"
PROFITABLE TRANSACTION.
Then he told me about the sale that the Astors
had made a day or two before In 1857 they
bought field on what is now Hath street, and
paid $4,000 for IT. Subsequently they sold it at a
slight advance to the late OhaS Demonico When
the war broke out Mr.. DelmonicO. fearing that the
al6n rplN aItrn CT
preme, sold the lot again to the AStorS for 81 500
Last week IL was sold to syndicate OF real estate
men for the very tidy sum OF So, 900. Very good
way TO make money, that. BLAKELY HALL
Saturday Smiles.
The last chance-Wife-ssDear wish you would
invite young Prof. Y. some day. hear he is sc
dreadfully abSeDt-milded perhaps he will take
our Cecilia. alderman Paper.
Miss Cockett-Yellow roses are supposed to fndi-
cate firtatiousness, and moss roses mean love, dc
they not, Mr. NeverSInile?
Mr.. Neversmile-So I'm told; and white roses
mean silence.
Miss Cockett-Well, what do these large cab
bage roses and Jacks mean?
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures, Miss Cockett-
bankruptcy every time.-Harper's BdzGr.
His Scalp Was All There.-Old Gentleman-Here,
sir! you are Il regular fraud My hairs coming
out as bad as ever. This stuff isn't worth cOnti-
mental
Barber didn't promise that it would keep your
hair from coming out. i said 1t would preserve
your scalp. Your Scalp's all there, isn't it?-Hdr.
peT's Bdz0r.
Nan is 80 per cent water, and yet the prohibi.
uon1StS are not Sat1Sfi6d-LUe.
Physical training for girls must 60 A girl In
Boston discovered that months work in gym.
nasium increased the size of her hand by one size
Of glove, and she quit training faster than you
could drop hat.-IbrontO Globe.
There Is a very general call for the board OF
visitors on the AndOyer .hereticS to pass In YER
dict The eternal DEGREES OF Providence will not
be affected, but curiosity will be satsfiei.-LoWei
Courier.
Among the flowers that bloom in the spring, due
praise should be given to the Shad roes--Batti
more american.
The only thing which Will cure girl who wants
to go on the stage and become an actress is to be
run over by a freight train loaded With railroad
Iron.-Detr0iI Free Press.
At the Opera" Why do you make that knot in
your handkerchief" "Oh, so that Shan't forget
that charming melOdy."-Gernadn Paper.
An FISHERMAN, whose saloon used to be on Main
street. says Philadelphia journal. was the sowest
fisherman said TO Erastus, the oysterman's son
" EraStus, your father died rather sudden, didn't
he ?" "Well, yes" said Erastus, 'sudden for
him."-E1change.
"Say. Jack, hadn't we better give up our seats
to the ladies"
"Not much, old chappe: I've had to give up my
seat at the theater since they took TO wearing high
hats, and Pm going to hang ON To my seat In the
cars I'LL the fashion changeS."-LUe.
"Mother, have got any children" asked little
iG R9 F7sp Why no. child what put that
children'S children. That's what put it into my
head-"-Te1as ISifttngs.
"Say Maria!" exclaimed Mr.. Blobson the other
day. Il move we suspend the long-haul clause"
what do you mean?" demanded Mrs. BlObSOn.
81 mean" said Mr.. Blobson, sthat instead or
pushing The baby carriage around four blocks we
try one block for awhile. Otherwise shall be
Obliged TO raise the rates Of transportation.-Bur-
Lfngton Free Press.
At negro wedding In this city short time ago,
when the words ''love, honor and obey We're
reached the groom interrupted the preacher and
said: "Read that again, sab: read it wunce mo-,
sos dc LADY KIN ketch de fun solemnity OF de
meanin', Use been married befo'"-Grifin (Ga.)
Ne,cs. '
Mrs. Youngbrde Honeymoon ito husband, who
IS railroad preSdent)-And are you sure you will
always, always love me more than you will any
one else? Mr.. Honeymoon (abSently)-Impossibe
10 say. You see it IS very doubtful whether the
Interstate law Will allow me TO make any discrim.
inatiOn.-Hdrper's Bdzar